Post by Farmer Nestor on Jul 30, 2011 23:24:50 GMT -8
The first quarter of 2011 was a busy month for OGF, fine tuning our “In Bottle Pasteurizer”, supervising the construction of our milking parlor and most important is the daily gathering of data of milk yield for individual goat.
A few innovations on our DIY milking machine were added in order for us to collect data individually. We modified some of the pneumatic hoses in order to have an accurate reading. A triple ‘In-line’ filtration system was also added on our milking system to ensure that no airborne debris are collected on our milk bucket. We have re-designed also our milking system to accommodate ten heads per milking using a single vacuum pump giving us a savings of almost 250K pesos.
We have 16 does on our production line and so far we have harvested 1,321.35kg of milk month of April alone. We are still improving our formulation (forages and concentrates) in order to achieve maximum yield on our goats.
At present we are also gathering data on some plants to increase yield on milk output of our herd. A plant specie has a very promising result we call it ‘Amaya plant’. We will reveal the name of the plant after we have completed one year of data gathering (bye bye mulberry). ;D ;D
At OGF we are still on the process of selective breeding, carefully selecting the best goat. We started our stocks by buying to known good breeders like the Almeda’s, Nubian breed from Marie Blanch of Bohol Goat Farm, and last but not the least goats from St. Elmo’s farm owned by Elmer Rivera.
Saanen from Alamino’s Goat Farm:
The Almeda’s are known for their good bloodlines most of their breed are traceable. The initial stocks we bought from them are 5 does and 1 buck. Five out five are good milkers AGF1985 is our top milker having average of 3.6kg of milk per milking session. The Saanen from the Almeda’s has huge body and are good milker. For someone looking for dual purpose breed (meat and dairy) this one is a sure winner.
Nubians from Marie Blanch (Bohol Goat Farm)
The second batch of stocks we bought are the Nubians, known for their high butter fats content that is good for cheese making. Four out of five are good milkers, but what surprises us is 188 and 164 average Nubian can have only 1.5 to 1.8 kilograms of milk per milking session. This duo is giving us an average of 3.2kg of milk per milking session. We breed this Nubians from Marie with the Mitra Line Nubians from Alaminos Goat Farm. We are hoping that we could produce another dual purpose goat out of the Nubians from Bohol and Mitra line from Alaminos.
SNubians from St. Elmo’s Farm
Our third acquisition were from St Elmo’s Goat Farm, four out of eight are good milkers the rest were just average. But one good thing on this SNubian breed are it’s medium size body. This breed is a sure winner if your land area is limited since smaller goats consume less.
To date we have acquired another Saanen buck from Alamino’s Goat Farm who’s bloodline is from the champion milkers of Bottara Farm Australia. With the addition of five does and one buck from PL480 the American Saanen hopefully will improve our herd milking capability.
Our new milking parlor with ten heads capacity.
Cheers !
Farmer Nestor
Oyibo's Goat Farm
A few innovations on our DIY milking machine were added in order for us to collect data individually. We modified some of the pneumatic hoses in order to have an accurate reading. A triple ‘In-line’ filtration system was also added on our milking system to ensure that no airborne debris are collected on our milk bucket. We have re-designed also our milking system to accommodate ten heads per milking using a single vacuum pump giving us a savings of almost 250K pesos.
We have 16 does on our production line and so far we have harvested 1,321.35kg of milk month of April alone. We are still improving our formulation (forages and concentrates) in order to achieve maximum yield on our goats.
At present we are also gathering data on some plants to increase yield on milk output of our herd. A plant specie has a very promising result we call it ‘Amaya plant’. We will reveal the name of the plant after we have completed one year of data gathering (bye bye mulberry). ;D ;D
At OGF we are still on the process of selective breeding, carefully selecting the best goat. We started our stocks by buying to known good breeders like the Almeda’s, Nubian breed from Marie Blanch of Bohol Goat Farm, and last but not the least goats from St. Elmo’s farm owned by Elmer Rivera.
Saanen from Alamino’s Goat Farm:
The Almeda’s are known for their good bloodlines most of their breed are traceable. The initial stocks we bought from them are 5 does and 1 buck. Five out five are good milkers AGF1985 is our top milker having average of 3.6kg of milk per milking session. The Saanen from the Almeda’s has huge body and are good milker. For someone looking for dual purpose breed (meat and dairy) this one is a sure winner.
Nubians from Marie Blanch (Bohol Goat Farm)
The second batch of stocks we bought are the Nubians, known for their high butter fats content that is good for cheese making. Four out of five are good milkers, but what surprises us is 188 and 164 average Nubian can have only 1.5 to 1.8 kilograms of milk per milking session. This duo is giving us an average of 3.2kg of milk per milking session. We breed this Nubians from Marie with the Mitra Line Nubians from Alaminos Goat Farm. We are hoping that we could produce another dual purpose goat out of the Nubians from Bohol and Mitra line from Alaminos.
SNubians from St. Elmo’s Farm
Our third acquisition were from St Elmo’s Goat Farm, four out of eight are good milkers the rest were just average. But one good thing on this SNubian breed are it’s medium size body. This breed is a sure winner if your land area is limited since smaller goats consume less.
To date we have acquired another Saanen buck from Alamino’s Goat Farm who’s bloodline is from the champion milkers of Bottara Farm Australia. With the addition of five does and one buck from PL480 the American Saanen hopefully will improve our herd milking capability.
Our new milking parlor with ten heads capacity.
Cheers !
Farmer Nestor
Oyibo's Goat Farm
